Ruslan's Gadget Corner

Wi-Fi at home: the router is not magic

Three customers this month asked me to "put the internet in the air". They meant a Wi-Fi router. It is a small box with a few lights. You connect it to the ADSL modem and the whole flat can use the internet with phones and laptops.

• Put it in the middle of the flat, not behind the fridge.
• Change the password from "admin". Everybody knows "admin".
• The neighbour's Wi-Fi is not yours. I have seen a man walk around the entrance with a laptop, looking for a signal, like a priest with a cross.
• In the evening it is slower. It is not the router, it is all of us at once.

The prices: a simple router is 140-180 som. Setup by me: free, if you buy it here, and tea with your family, if you have time.